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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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intoxicated

0When someone is intoxicated, does it mean he is drunk or could there be other reasons?02br
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00According to an online dictionary, it says intoxicate could mean poisoned but i've never heard it used that way. Could you confirm and maybe give an example?02br
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01b001. 02b00To stupefy or excite by the action of a chemical substance such as alcohol.02br
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01b002. 02b00To stimulate or excite: 01i01font00"a man whom life intoxicates, who has no need of wine"02font02i00 01i01font00Anaïs Nin.02font02i02br
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10When someone is intoxicated, does it mean he is drunk or could there be other reasons?12br
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0 I didn't know alcohol was chemical... Thought it came from the grapes, or whatever... 0-
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0 The root word of 01i00intoxicated02i00 is 01i00toxic02i00. Toxic basically means 05000.02br
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00So, when one becomes intoxicated one is poisoned. Alcohol does indeed poison the body.0240hrefhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoncpoisonous
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01cite10Painperdu12cite10The root word of 11i10intoxicated12i10 is 11i10toxic12i10. Toxic basically means 15110.12br
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00 I didn't know alcohol was chemical.12blockquote
10 Yep! It's characterized by hydroxyl groups (OH). In a certain sense, everything is a chemical, you know! Even the air we breathe is mostly N01sub00202sub00 and O01sub00202sub00. 02br
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